Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-16
TIE STORY oFAcENrrRY.

On the 18th day of July, I7s7. the Con- Gress of the United States organized it's first territory and named i' "The Terri tory Northwest oi the Ohio River" Mir. Wm. NJ. Nose has published a little book. "The Story of Hundred Years" tracing the territorial growth of this country from that date to the present time. The domain of the United States at that time embrsced all the territory east of the Mississippi River, except Florida, and was sl06sO square miles in extent,
 In 1SO2 The United States Govern meet, by She payment,o S15.C10.OOO, se- cared from France Der province of :, Louisiana. This province included | what is now Louisiana, ArksnaEs, Mis- souri, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, the ' Isrzer part of Montana, the larger part ' O Wyoming, part of Colorado, Nebras- . ks. and the Indian Territory, and was s3ng2S =o age miles in extent, or more : llsa 100000 square miles larger than ] the original e main ot tho country. Tn ] the ysarl329 tha government PEid s, OO1Ug1 To S1ain for tne FioFidss. tskiDg ins territory ar 59,720 square miles 1T !. extent, In 1916 tha tsrrltory Of Oregon
 wss Gdial taking in 220425 squsTC uilas. Tn l74S the gosernuent paid ! Sf5C 100000 for what ia now the state oi
 California, Nevada. Utah, Arizona, New
 Waylc0. Texas, and the West
 e-n Ta-t cf Colorado, In lss; Inn additional strip or lanG
 was pu-ohs=e5 for SlJ C0o0o), thes'
 --7 purchases added territory O
 o2a 260 square niles to the UaiieC
 -tates. in 1867 Alssks was purcnnse e'
 from Russia for the sum of S7 7,200iNO
 this adding 567 390 square miles more
 In huldred years the territory of thl ] UuiteI States has been iDeressed b! purchase and annexation by Z.IJ2,72 square miles, at cost, not oounarl he expense ot war,o Z OOJ9.
 This E-rd-e5 yssEs Las been aE era O expansion O. tersl,o.y and Of rapid ID
 crease fa population had growth n ai 3 the industries that 20 to make up tl.
 prosperous nation. Tho question j 3 where the next hundred years 1lll ieav g the United States in yhs matt of ter 1. ! rlsory, population, and wealth. Reason | ing from vhBt has taken place. ther T are those who believe that ia the mex co osulurr tbe Uu1ie5 States wal a5so-
 Canada, Mexico, and Central America
 This wo1lI be no more wonderful Ger
 taiuly lhau the growth in territory en' population in lhs last century, but
 su1a,d 5s remembered that the chance ] favor tle t1c7ough Americsniziag of th . teruto-y and Inc people oi what IS nov E clearly a fined as the United States. AIesiy the policy thlt has invited th
 people Of ihs old world to this c0untr.
 l. beng mc3.deI. The thoughts ot tn people ars turning from the &cquis-iiai
 of territory to the devslopmel. Of lh
 territory within our blrd rs. The. ID convenience of isolated hfe, tle hard , ships of pioBe life, the copmonpiac
 duagerv incident jo the bu mess O 70 iarmlrz at long distances from nsrket. all tend ro @ res.lio1ary movement, an,
 sha impulse of the Feop.e IS toward
 lae Of development inst will emp!o.
 {. .e Resources of the conltry to the em ploymaut of the people who live ID th
 country. Therefore, it is more pro0a
 bls that the next ntury wall see ? ! growth iu ngtional feeling. in nniiona d -elopmeDt. and in the. utilizing O . couue-cial and manufacturing udvan . tares @ give the country tLe soliiit. P and compEctDess of the older nations Q itan any great expansion of territory.- 2 i Chicago Iptsr-Ocesn.